diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1c4634..ee55ffa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ result
 /configuration.nix
 /hardware-configuration.nix
 .direnv
+.remote.toml
diff --git a/.remoteignore.toml b/.remoteignore.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04b0426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.remoteignore.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[push]
+exclude = []
+include = []
+
+[pull]
+exclude = ["*"]
+include = []
+
+[both]
+exclude = [ ".remote.toml",]
+include = []
diff --git a/pkgs/remote-exec.nix b/pkgs/remote-exec.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..552bc03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/remote-exec.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonApplication
+# inputs
+, click
+, toml
+, pydantic
+, watchdog
+# testing
+, pytestCheckHook
+, rsync
+}:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "remote-exec";
+  version = "1.11.0";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "remote-cli";
+    repo  = "remote";
+    rev   = "953b22b43adaadf8bbcd845f7a11e3cffae8ac6a";
+    hash  = "sha256-yPiLTwToU1L9Hp/Ny7nDWUghCaqJzkh6GLVDd0N8x6g=";
+  };
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+    toml
+    pydantic
+    watchdog
+  ];
+
+  # remove --cov from pytest
+  preCheck = ''
+  rm setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    rsync
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/remote-cli/remote";
+    description = "Work with remote hosts seamlessly via rsync and ssh. Code locally, build and execute remotely";
+    platform = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
+  };
+}